The recent $500 million loan secured from China for the construction of new terminals has caused a ruckus  between Federal Government and Comrade Abdulrazak Saidu, the General Secretary of the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professional (ANAP). Speaking with journalists at the Lagos Airport, Saidu insisted that the fund in which Nigeria had a counterpart funding of $100 million was grossly ...

Babatunde Raji Fashola, the minister of Power, works and Housing Development has on Monday said that president Muhammadu Buhari administration is slowly but it surely delivered his promises to the Nigerians. Fashola stated this when declared open a one-day stakeholders’ meeting on power sector in Lafia the state capital. According to the Minister, “What brings us here today is to ...

In a bid to recover a debt of N11.2 billion, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON ) has dragged the Olofa of Ofa Kingdom in Kwara state, Nigeria, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi and his two companies, Zarm Poultry and Feeds Mills Limited and Zarm Stores Limited before a Federal high court in Lagos. In a statement of claim filed before the ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is poised to achieve significant reduction in unemployment rates in the country, through the construction of new skills acquisition centres as well as completion and rehabilitation of abandoned centres. Ngige made the disclosure to newsmen during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Federal Specialist Skills Acquisition ...

Mr Babatunde Abdulkareem, the Head of Political Science Department (HOD), Kwara State College of Education, Oro, has advised all tiers of government to prioritise road projects in order to reduce avoidable road crashes. Abdulkareem gave this advice on Monday in Ilorin in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that Nigeria roads needed urgent attention, adding ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola signed a N4.34 Billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dangote Group and other stakeholders for the reconstruction of Apapa Wharf Road on saturday. The project is to be funded by AG Dangote Construction Company Ltd, an arm of the Dangote Group, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Flour Mills of ...

FirstBank of Nigeria Limited has unveiled an array of products and solutions including a N15 billion loan facility for schools to enhance preparation for the commencement of another school term this week. Disclosing this in a statement, the bank said: “First Bank of Nigeria Limited is in its usual style supporting schools with their educational requirements to enhance preparations for ...

A waste management expert, Prof. Oladele Osibanjo, has advised all tiers of government to seek for investment in the waste-to-wealth programme in 2018. Osibanjo, the President, Waste Management Society of Nigeria (WAMSON), gave the advice on Tuesday in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. He also urged them to provide the enabling environment for investors to turn all types of ...

The Kaduna State Government has instructed its education administrators to open registers in all its schools, starting from tomorrow (Monday) and declare any teacher absent from work as having absconded from duty under the Public Service Rules. The state government in a statement by Samuel Aruwan, senior special assistant to the Kaduna governor, said it will take firm and decisive ...

Four persons have been confirmed dead and 13 others injured in auto crash along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident occurred in front of Christopher University at KM 82 at about 7.25 p.m. Clement Oladele, the Ogun sector commander of FRSC, confirmed the accident to newsmen. According to Oladele, two vehicles and 23 people were involved in the mishap that claimed four ...